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| Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:39 pm Post subject: 'Inglourious Basterds' on Blu-ray: Dec 15, 2009 |
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Inglourious Basterds (Special Edition) [Blu-ray] (2009)
In an early announcement to retailers, Universal has revealed Quentin Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds' starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, and Michael Fassbender will be released on Blu-ray on December 15.
Plot Synopsis:
In the first year of the German occupation of France, Shosanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema.
Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish American soldiers to perform swift, shocking acts of retribution. Later known to their enemy as "the basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquis, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own...
Release date: Dec 15, 2009
Link to order: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002T9H2L0/curtpalmecrtp-20
Pre-order at Amazon using the link above to get the best price. If the price goes down (even just for a day) between now and the release date you get the lowest price.
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Good to hear. It was one of my favorite films of 2009. I saw it 3 times in theaters. I thought the casting was top notch, especially Christoph Waltz.
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Not a cheaper version than $28?
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Don't let the original list price fool you. It's the typical 30% off only price. By the time it ships it'll likely cost you much less using Amazon's pre-order price guarantee where you only pay the lowest price it ever was between the time you placed your order and the time it is released.
Even if the price does down for 1 hour due to same vague sale sometime between now and release date, you get that lowest price.
For example, I got this email yesterday from Amazon.com about Transformers 2 which just shipped and I had pre-ordered it 3 months ago:
| Quote: | Greetings from Amazon.com.
You saved $8.00 with Amazon.com's Pre-order Price Guarantee!
The price of the item(s) decreased after you ordered them, and we gave you the lowest price.
The following title(s) decreased in price:
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen [Blu-ray]
Price on order date: $27.99
Price charged at shipping: $24.99
Lowest price before release date: $19.99
Amount to be refunded: $5.00
Quantity: 1
Total Savings: $8.00
You will receive an additional e-mail when this refund is processed. |
So I pre-ordered at $28 but ended up paying $20.
This new pre-order price guarantee makes it no-brainer to pre-order anything you want. Given that Amazon's prices go up and down a lot it's actually BETTER to pre-order way in advance in order to catch any 1-day sales they may have.
Yes, there may be other sales in local brick & mortar stores but tracking that stuff on a daily basis could turn into a full time job, all to save maybe $1 on a title.
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You are rolling dice.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Roll away. I pre-ordered. I'm a Tarantino Guy!
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| WanMan wrote: | | You are rolling dice. |
Why? Amazon is the 800lb gorilla of Blu-ray and other media retailers. They tend to either set the prices or follow what others do. Odds are if someone else out there lowers their price, Amazon will as well. Or Amazon will be the first to lower. If they didn't they wouldn't still be in business!
Either way you win with their pre-order guarantee since all of the retailers tend to follow pricing very closely.
The difference here is that YOU DON'T HAVE TO MONITOR IT and buy at exactly the right time from the right retailer. They all go up and down (including Amazon) but if you pre-order you're guaranteed whatever the lowest was between the time you pre-ordered and the time the movie is released (which is often a few days *after* it's even shipped).
I know I sound like an Amazon fan-boy here but I used to buy a TON of movies from other places long ago (anyone remember DVDExpress.com?) and it was a full time job trying to figure out when the best time to pull the trigger was. I spent a lot of time cancelling pre-orders and re-submitting when they'd have 1 day sales and the like. No more!
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I'm not knocking Amazon. I'm knocking the dice rolling. 
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A reference quality disc that rates 5 stars all around from Quentin Tarantino (who's movies are as hard to spell as his name!):
Inglourious Basterds Video: 5/5 Audio: 5/5 (Hover over link for price)
The best part: It's currently only $18.99!
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With just a couple more weeks left in the year, Universal has delivered one of the year's best Blu-ray discs. Quentin Tarantino's orgiastic World War II masterpiece is perfect for repeated home viewing, and with reference-quality audio and video, plus a whole host of engaging bonus features (many of them in high definition), this is a genuinely great package for a genuinely great movie. Must Own.
The Video: Sizing Up the Picture
'Inglourious Basterds' is Tarantino's most beautiful film and this 1080p/AVC-encoded transfer (2.39:1 aspect ratio) faithfully reproduces it for high-def. The results are absolutely stunning.
'Basterds' is rich in period detail, and this transfer is perfect for that. Detail is amazing all around - the costumes (you can really notice the death's head on Landa's cap) and settings (like the autumnal killing field) look truly wonderful, and the little Quentin-verse details (posters etc.) really pop and are more noticeable. All of this stuff works to pull you into his gonzo world.
The color palette of 'Basterds' is surprisingly subdued, with the exception of the color red, which pops up in Shosanna's blush and lipstick, on the Nazi flags, and (this being a Quentin Tarantino film) in the bold splashes of blood. These moments really pop in a truly outstanding way.
Skin tones look great too. Black levels are deep and dark. There's a fine layer of grain that makes it look like an honest-to-god movie. And there are neither technical issues like artifacts or things like blips or scratches or anything else. As far as I can tell, this is more or less a perfect transfer. It's got that dimensionality that digitally reproduced films sometimes lack, but is present and accounted for here.
The Audio: Rating the Sound
Equally impressive is the lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track. A Quentin Tarantino movie really is the ideal choice for any surround sound system, as it's a combination of heavy dialogue and explosive, action-type set pieces.
Both sound absolutely wonderful here. The dialogue, the sharpest and most multi-lingual of Tarantino's career, is always crisp and clear, even when the events surrounding the dialogue get out of control crazy.
The surround really kicks in with something like the tavern sequence in the "Operation Kino" chapter. The ambience and atmospherics are really nice at the beginning of the sequence, with people talking amongst themselves in the background and foreground. And then, when things go to hell, things really kick up another notch, with bullets flying, blood splashing, and debris careening through the air.
Likewise, the killer soundtrack Tarantino has assembled is dynamite. Both his choice orchestral cuts (most of them from other films) and his pop song choices (like the brilliant use of the David Bowie song from 'Cat People') sound radiant on this track. Everything is just gangbusters (there are no hisses or pops or any other anomalies or technical issues, either). This is an exemplary track.
There are also French DTS 5.1 and Spanish: DTS 5.1 audio tracks along with subtitles in English SDH, French, and Spanish. On the subject of subtitles, I want to talk about the one thing on this entire disc that annoyed me - it's during the tavern scene in the "Operation Kino" chapter. The subtitles are located on the image (instead of in the black netherworld on the top and bottom of the widescreen frame), and there's a cluster of bottles and other things, halo lit by Robert Richardson's heavenly photography. The subtitles are right over that haloed patch and sometimes you can't read them (or it at least makes it very hard). It was literally the only time I was unhappy watching this wonderful film's equally wonderful high definition presentation. |
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I watched 'Inglourious Basterds' last night.
While not everyone likes Quentin Tarantino's work, I absolutely loved this movie.
I'm a big fan of his work and this movie did not disappoint me. He's one of the only writers/directors that can put two people in a room, have them talk, and have me rivited. The opening 20 minute scene is a great example of this. Nothing much going on... and you're just wondering how it's going to end.
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| kal wrote: | I watched 'Inglourious Basterds' last night.
While not everyone likes Quentin Tarantino's work, I absolutely loved this movie.
I'm a big fan of his work and this movie did not disappoint me. He's one of the only writers/directors that can put two people in a room, have them talk, and have me rivited. The opening 20 minute scene is a great example of this. Nothing much going on... and you're just wondering how it's going to end.
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I loved it as well!!! Awesome!!!
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Yep I enjoyed it very much too. Typical Tarantino long build up to a big ending. Has anyone see Death Proof from the Grindhouse series? I found that it very entertaining, still have to pick up Planet Terror the other film in the series. It was directed by Robert Rodriguez, looks very bizarre.
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I watched the B/R tonight. I enjoyed it. I thought it a little slow in parts but its good QT Fun!!!
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Wife and I watched this one on Xmas Eve and really enjoyed it. I then noticed Diane Kruger in National Treasure, a movie I find boring if not for looking at her. I'll buy her for a dollar!
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